Addis Dimts Radio host Abebe Belew holds a discussion with Ethiopian Review publisher Elias Kifle, EMF's Kinfu Assefa, and Addis Voice's Abebe Gelaw on Sunday.
The discussion includes OLF and cooperation between Ethiopian opposition parties and the government of Eritrea. Click below to listen.
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Elias's idea makes sense than the others by far. It seems to me Ethiopians need to know what is going on Eritrea than just to sleep on their old political dream. How come Eritrea needs Ethiopia or any other horn nation's disintegration ? One's problem is the problem of others as long as Ethiopia recognize and accepted Eritran sovernity why should Eritrea look Ethipian as an enemy. As for the Red sea or port of Asseb all ethiopians should know that it is Eritrean what come may. The comming Ethiopia must know that Eritrea is an independent nation since 1991 and have a well demarkated border with Ethiopia since 2002. The relation if Ethiopians need must then be depend on this one. Ethiopia is a land locked country, and it has a number of options to use ports of neigboring countries without getting in to war or using force.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
I would like to thank Abebe Belew for hosting these talking heads panel discussion. I also would like to extend my thanks to the panelists for their time and for sharing their opinion on a host of issues.
The panelists are more or less in complete agreement on the first two topics regarding the plights of Ethiopian refugees and the expulsion of Ethiopia from FIFA.
TPLF cadres instigated the firing of the previous EFF president Dr. Ashebir W/Giorgis and the entire executive committee and held a fake election with a fake assembly NOT recognized by FIFA; to hoist their own cadres led by Ato Yasin Mohamed (president) and Sheik Hussein Al Amoudi as the chairman of the Advisory Board. Woyanie and fake election, I am shocked!
However when it comes to the OLF division and the role of Eritrea vis a vis hosting the plethora of Ethiopian opposition groups, we could see a clear fault line. Let me address the OLF division first. Here, Elias is trying to make the case that within the last two years (since the formation of AFD?), OLF has been modifying its stand and programs and the current division is the result of this change. I really have a problem with this because, unless OLF is communicating in code, I don’t see any changes in OLF’s stand regarding Ethiopia, before or after the division. Their websites are still full of venom, vim and vinegar about Ethiopia. On this I agree with Abebe, that OLF is the most inept and corrupt organization without a clear vision; that has managed to marginalize Oromos in the eyes of other Ethiopians, in the Diaspora at least. It looks to me, OLF’s main strategy for success is based on denial of the existence of Ethiopia with the exception of a one hundred years old Abysinia.
Regarding Eritrea and the LIBERATION FRONTS:
I am in complete agreement with Abebe Gelaw. Even if we believe Elias’ rosy assumption that Eritrea could be trusted to host and promote Ethiopian unity among the various warring factions; it cannot be relied to promote democracy in Ethiopia, which is alien to Shabea’s nature.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:39 am
You just nailed it! Woyane piggybacked Shabia to Addis and now they are telling us not to do the the same as it is UNETHIOPIAN, get real! we will never get rid of this pest unless we use all means at our disposal!!The call for reconciliation between woyane and shabia is getting louder and louder it is the shabia leadership who is resisting for the time being, fearing a backlash from the populace.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:18 am